Word Meanings - GAG - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to. Marvell. The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be

Additional info about word: GAG

1. To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to. Marvell. The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hood winked. Maccaulay. 2. To pry or hold open by means of a gag. Mouths gagged to such a wideness. Fortescue . 3. To cause to heave with nausea.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GAG)

• Choke
• Throttle
• strangle
• gag
• smother
• burke
• suffocate
• stifle
• Muzzle
• Silence
• restrain
• stop
• Smother
• Suffocate
• repress
• conceal
• suppress
• choke
• allay
• swallow

Related words: (words related to GAG)

• STIFLED
  Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.
• SMOTHER
  Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• SWALLOWFISH
  The European sapphirine gurnard . It has large pectoral fins.
• CONCEALED
  Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly (, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons , dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.
• CHOKECHERRY
  The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
• SUFFOCATE
  Suffocated; choked. Shak.
• REPRESSIBLE
  Capable of being repressed.
• SWALLOW
  Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight. Note:
• THROTTLE
  The throttle valve. Throttle lever , the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. -- Throttle valve , a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it
• STRANGLE HOLD
  In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed.
• MUZZLE
  1. The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout. 2. The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun. 3. A fastening or covering for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious
• RESTRAINEDLY
  With restraint. Hammond.
• MUZZLE-LOADING
  Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.
• THROTTLER
  See (more info) 1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
• CHOKER
  1. One who, or that which, chokes. 2. A stiff wide cravat; a stock.
• SMOTHERINESS
  The quality or state of being smothery.
• RESTRAIN
  restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or 1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down;
• RESTRAINMENT
  The act of restraining.
• UNMUZZLE
  To loose from a muzzle; to remove a muzzle from.
• ARTICHOKE
  word as carciofo; cf. older spellings archiciocco, archicioffo, carciocco, and Sp. alcachofa, Pg. alcachofra; prob. fr. Ar. al- 1. The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The
• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
• INCONCEALABLE
  Not concealable. "Inconcealable imperfections." Sir T. Browne.
• INSUPPRESSIVE
  Insuppressible. "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak.